Re: [PATCH] Implement uuid_version()

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>
Cc: Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon(at)adv-solutions(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implement uuid_version()
Date: 2019-07-14 12:40:39
Message-ID: f30c2b5e-510e-776c-8216-1a4c42ee06e3@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2019-07-13 17:13, Fabien COELHO wrote:
>>> What about avoiding a redirection with something like:
>>>
>>> Datum (* const pg_random_uuid)(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) = gen_random_uuid;
>>
>> That seems very confusing.
>
> Dunno. Possibly. The user does not have to look at the implementation, and
> probably such code would deserve a comment.
>
> The point is to avoid one call so as to perform the same (otherwise the
> pg_random_uuid would be slightly slower), and to ensure that it behaves
> the same, as it would be the very same function by construction.
>
> I've switched the patch to ready anyway.

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